By Gideon Njoku
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, resumed duties in his office, Monday, January 16, 2022, healthy, reinvigorated, upbeat, self-assured, and rearing to go.
Emefiele’s status has been a subject of speculations for a couple of weeks in the Media.
While some people said he had absconded and was seeking asylum in the United Kingdom/ United States of America, others said he took an extended leave, all, it was alleged, to avoid being arrested by the Department of State Security, DSS.
But Emefiele, back from his annual vacation resumed on Monday. The same day he resumed, a new story had made the rounds that the DSS invaded his office, cordoned it off, in a bid to arrest him over corruption charges.
However, a couple of hours later, the DSS debunked the story in a terse statement, signed by its Spokesperson Dr Peter Afunanya. The Service dismissed the story as fake, and said there was neither an invasion, nor an attempt to arrest the CBN Governor.
In a statement which announced that Emefiele has resumed duties, CBN’s Director Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisiobi, said the Governor “resumed work with renewed vigour to perform his duty.”
Read the statement titled: CBN Gov, Emefiele, Resumes Duty After Annual Leave:
“The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has resumed Duty after his annual vacation abroad. Mr Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December 2022, resumed work today, Monday, January 16, 2023.
“The Governor resumed with renewed vigour to perform his duty ahead of the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year, scheduled for January 23 to 24, 2023.
“Mr Emefiele remains committed to performing the task before him in line with his oath of office, and the policy direction of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“While thanking the public for keeping faith with the Bank, we urge Nigerians to continue to support the policies of the bank, aimed at ensuring a stable financial system, and the Nigerian economy in general.”
